The former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has welcomed an “urgent change” by Cambridge University, after it agreed to provide fully costed plans setting out “Cambridge University agrees to explore fossil fuel divestment plan”
Month: May 2019
Mississippi police shooting: suspect who shot officer dead on the run
A gunman who shot dead a uniformed officer outside the Biloxi police station remained on the run on Monday, the subject of an intense manhunt “Mississippi police shooting: suspect who shot officer dead on the run”
Boat in which hundreds of migrants died displayed at Venice Biennale
As a huddle of artists and curators watched from the shore, the immense rusted, pitted body of a wrecked ship was painstakingly brought to shore “Boat in which hundreds of migrants died displayed at Venice Biennale”
‘The NRA is in grave danger’: group’s troubles are blow to Trump’s 2020 bid
As a fractious National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting was winding down last week, Donald Trump implored his political allies at the gun rights group “‘The NRA is in grave danger’: group’s troubles are blow to Trump’s 2020 bid”
Myanmar frees Reuters journalists jailed for reporting on Rohingya crisis
Two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar for their reporting of the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims have been pardoned and released after spending more than “Myanmar frees Reuters journalists jailed for reporting on Rohingya crisis”
Fox News analyst responds to Trump attack: ‘This is the way you treat your friends?’
The Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano has responded to Donald Trump’s Twitter attacks, asking: “This is the way you treat your friends, how do “Fox News analyst responds to Trump attack: ‘This is the way you treat your friends?’”
Joe Biden faces first 2020 test: his record on race
For months, Joe Biden has signaled his third run for president will be rooted in wooing back the white working-class voters who swung away from “Joe Biden faces first 2020 test: his record on race”
Where the streets have cool names: Wu-Tang Clan and Obama honored from NY to LA
They are very different honorees and they were immortalized in places thousands of miles apart, on opposite coasts, but the exuberant celebrations and the infectious “Where the streets have cool names: Wu-Tang Clan and Obama honored from NY to LA”
Ramadan: ‘It will be a test but the peace you get is beautiful’
Tonight, after sunset, hundreds of millions of Muslims across the world will embark on Ramadan, the ninth and holiest month of the Islamic calendar, in “Ramadan: ‘It will be a test but the peace you get is beautiful’”
Madonna says giving her children mobile phones ‘ended their relationship’
It’s a daily bane of modern parenting that even Madonna appears to have got hung up on: how to keep a child’s attention once you “Madonna says giving her children mobile phones ‘ended their relationship’”